Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun columbarium

3 senses of columbarium

Sense 1
dovecote, columbarium, columbary -- (a birdhouse for pigeons)
       => birdhouse -- (a shelter for birds)

Sense 2
columbarium, cinerarium -- (a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead)
       => recess, niche -- (an enclosure that is set back or indented)

Sense 3
columbarium -- (a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns)
       => vault, burial vault -- (a burial chamber (usually underground))